Mop.



No. 780,945. PATENTED JAN. 24, 1905.v

E. H. FENTON. 1

MOP.'

lAPPLIATION FILED JUN? 21, 1904.

UNITED STATES Patented January 24, 1905.

PATENT OEEICE.

MOP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 780,945, dated January 24, 1905.

Application filed June 21,1904. Serial No. 213,490.

To all whom, pur/y concern.'

Be it known that I, EPHRAIM H. FENToN, a

citizen of the United States of America, residf, ing at Kansas City` in the county ofJackson and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mops; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description of the invention,

such as will enable others to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this speciiicatlon.

The object of my invention is to connect the.

The invention consists in the novel construe# tionl and combination of parts, such as lwill 'be first fully described, and specifically pointed out in the claims. y l v In the drawings, Figure 1 is a view in perspective of the mop and its handle embodying the invention. Fig. 2 is a View of the sleeve on the handle of the mop and the outwardlyliiaring or bell-shaped extension upon its lower end partially in longitudinal section and showing a portion of the looped portion of the mop in the said outwardly-Haring extension and the securing devices for the mop. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view taken upon the line w of Fig. 2. Fig. 1 is a transverse sectional view taken upon the line y .1/ of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a view in perspective of va modiiieation of the invention. Fig. 6 is a longitudinal sectional view of the invention as seen in Fig. v5.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawings.

Referring tothe drawings, 10 indicates a sleeve for the reception of the lower end of the handle 12 of the mop, upon the lower end of which sleeve is a flange 14 for the mophead, which is swaged or bent outwardly in an outwardly and downwardly curved line, so as to form a bell-shaped iianged terminal to the sleeve. On the inner surface of the sleeve a slight distance above the inner curved line o'f the cap 14C are v`the projecting lugs 15 15, and directly opposite these lugs are similar lugs 15, between which lugs are the grooves 16. In the upperend of the sleeve 10 are the notches 17 17, which are directly above the lgrooves 16.

18 indicates the retainer for the mop-head, which consists of a flat strip of suitable material which is narrow in width and of the proper length. This strip is bent intermedivatc its ends in the arc of a circle to form the loop 19. The parallel portions of the retainer are extended upward within thesleeve 1() and in the groove 16 between thelugs 15. The eX- treme ends of the parallel portions 18 are bent outwardly in the said notches 17.

20 indicates the mop, and 21 the looped portion. The mop is composed of cotton liber or thrums, the twisted strands being of a sufficient length to pass through the loop 19, the free ends extending downwardly the requisite distance.

In the assemblage of the parts of the mop the retainer is separated from the sleeve 10 and the separate strands of cotton material of the proper length hung over the loop 19 in suficient number to form the size of mop required' and the thickness below the mop-head. The parallel sides of theA retainer are then inserted in the sleeve 10, as before described, and the loop 19 drawn into the receiver in the under side of the iiange 14 as far as permisforced upwardly into the recess in the sleeve.

The ends of the parallel portions of the retainer 1 8 are then bent outwardly in the notches 17 in the sleeve 10. The endof the handle 12 of the mop is then forced within the end of the sleeve having the notches 17 and asfar as the lugs 15, the handlel being made to iit the sleeve, and consequently the portions of the retainer make a slight depression in the handle as it goes on, power being used to effect its insertion. As a further security a screw 22 is passed 'through the side of the sleeve 10 into the handle 12. Around the iiber is then placed a cord 21a, which draws the headof the fibers compactly together. It is obvious IOO tended for a small-sized mop and the flange,

as seen in Fig. l, dispensed with. The handle 24 is grooved longitudinally, within whichgrooves the parallel sides of the wire retainer 25 extend upwardly, the ends ot' which sides are bent inwardly, as at 26, and are spread apart and extended within the perforations 27 in the handle. The sleeve 28 is then forced downwardly over the parallel sides oi' the retainer 25, securing the sides of the retainer in position in the grooves of the handle.

Such other modifications may be employed as are in the scope oi' the invention.

Having fully described my invention, what I now claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. A mop comprising a handle and a body tending upwardly and having the ends thereof lying in said notches.

EPHRAIM H. FENTON.

Witnesses:

CHARLES A. RinnL, PATRICK J. OREILLY. 

